Today's review is certainly an interesting one, steak seasoning (yes, you heard me right, steak seasoning) from Highland Seasoning (D Squared Worldwide). If you had told me years ago I'd be eating a delicious steak and getting high from the seasoning I probably wouldn't have believed you, but here we are. They have a whole line of different D9 seasonings based around their "nano hemp tech". It's for sure a cool idea, but is it any good? Let's find out.
Packaging - The seasoning comes in a 6 ounce glass jar with child resistant screw off lid. I was happy to see the child resistant packaging, that was a nice touch. The jar was sealed inside to keep things fresh. The label looks nice and has plenty of good information on it, but the text is so small it's very hard to read it without a magnification device of some sort. There is a QR code that takes you straight to the appropriate lab results.
Labs - The labs are from Bluebonnet Labs and are potency only. They show 2.47mg/g and 346mg total D9 per container with a small amount of CBN taking the cannabinoid total to almost 353mg for the container, almost exactly what is advertised.
Flavor - Even though it's a cool idea, if the seasoning isn't good it kind of defeats the purpose. Luckily I can say that's not the case and it's actually a really good seasoning in its own right. It's extremely salty so keep that in mind. I had already salted my steak before putting on the seasoning so it was salt overload for me and next time around I'll not salt it first. It's not all just salt though, I'm not sure what all is in this, but it's got a really good flavor with some herbs, garlic, and such. We had some friends over for dinner and everyone who tried it commented on how good it was. We tried it on our fried potatoes as well and it was just as good on them as it was on the steak. A little goes a long way and it's pretty reasonably dose at 2.5mg/g, which according to a g to tsp calculator I found online for spices should be about 7mg of THC per teaspoon of seasoning.
Effects - At around 7mg per teaspoon you probably aren't going to overdo it on this stuff depending on your tolerance. My usual dose of D9 is around 20mg of so, which would have been about a tablespoon, which is quite a bit of seasoning. I ended up using a little less than that, probably about 15mg worth. It hit pretty quickly, within 30 minutes I'd say. It was fairly mild for me since I'm used to a little more than 15mg, but if you're new to D9 or don't know your tolerance yet I would recommend starting slow with just a teaspoon or less to see how it affects you. The other two friends who tried it only had half a teaspoon each and they also noticed some effects, but it was mild for them as well as they only had about 4mg worth or so probably. It's certainly nice to be able to eat a steak and be feeling nice and relaxed and happy 30 minutes later though and it's nice to kind of be able to dial in how much you want. The effects felt just like other D9 edibles I've had and lasted about 3 hours or so probably.
Conclusion - Maybe it's just me, but I think it's super cool that I can eat a good steak and be getting a dose of D9 at the same time. It's dosed in such a way that it's fairly mild unless you take quite a bit, but I prefer that since I can pretty much use as much as I would want to without worrying about overdoing it. The seasoning tastes really good and though I've only tried it on steak and potatoes so far I could see myself using this on chicken, burgers, and lots of other things as well.
